

If tourists don't want to wait and don't mind paying a little bit extra, then they could book both the VIP Darshan and Aarti online. On the day that they go for Darshan, they should proceed to Gate 3 and get their identity verified so they can proceed further.Īnother way to get a Darshan is to opt for the Quick Darshan option, which will cost INR 1500.

Or if tourists are in a hurry they could opt for the VIP Darshan, the tickets for which could be booked in advance through the temple's online portal. Tourists can either do it the hard way by queuing up like everyone else that goes for Baba's blessings.

At the centre of the town is the Shirdi Sai Baba Samadhi Mandir where the mortal remains of Sri Sai Baba are kept. Shirdi attracts more than 60,000 devotees and followers of different faiths and religions every day, which has made it one of the busiest pilgrimage spots in India. Thank you everyone for the inputs.In Maharashtra is the temple town of Shirdi which is built around the teachings of Sri Sai Baba who was the revered saint that had lived here for over fifty years. I will be writing another post on all the details of how to go, where to stay, darshan hall numbers and many other things. The best part of this darshan is that the wait time standing in the queue will be hardly 15 mins and if you want to stand right infront of Baba, while aarti is going on, you can be a couple of hours ahead to the abhishek hall, where you can sit comfortably and occupy the first set of chairs. Paid line for Aarti - The charges are as under: Free Line for Aarti - One has to make sure that they are in queue well before the aarti and the timing has to be such that you are very near to the main temple when the aarti is going to be performed you will be allowed to sit in the hall infront of baba, but the distance is over 70-80 metres, so from such a distance, it becomes really difficult to see anything clearly.Ģ. Evening Aarti - This took 45 mins including queue, aarti and darshan on the same day I did the free line darshan.ġ. It was heavily crowded and the timings clashed with afternoon aarti, so it took longer.Ģ. Free Line Darshan - It took 5.5 hrs for the normal darshan. I visited the shrine last weekend and have loads of details to share.
